Announces the beginning of the University of Virginia’s four-year study on WINGS. The study will measure the impact and effectiveness of the non-profit’s social and emotional education program.
Gov. Bob McDonnell on Monday unveiled a two-year, $84.9 billion spending plan that balances increases in transportation, higher education and the state's pension system with $882 million in targeted reductions largely to Medicaid and public education funding.
Adam Turay
Second-year student
Are college students declaring majors too early?
Washington Post (blog) / Dec. 20
The effort has received support from the Dave Matthews Band through its community charitable efforts, Verizon Telecom Pioneers and Alpha Pi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity at the University of Virginia.
English professor Andrew Stauffer, director of the NINES digital project, wrote,
"The future is uncertain for circulating library collections in the wake of wide-scale digitization, and particularly so for scholars who study the 'long' 19th century. Lest you think I'm just raising an issue of concern to a small group of specialists, consider that the problem underscores an increasing, and disturbing, trend in research libraries: They are weaning users from material formats. But for some of us, there is no substitute for print. It's part of the research record."
Two Center for Politics staff members, Meg Heubeck and Daman Irby, went on a mission to Kabul to meet with government officials involved in women's affairs. They followed up on a group of Afghan women who visited UVa this summer. The group came to learn to about the foundational principles of American democracy.
New findings by University of Virginia scientists may allow for the development of more sensitive diagnostic tools and a better understanding of nut allergies. The study, "Structural and Immunologic Characterization of Ara h 1, a Major Peanut Allergen," appeared in the Nov. 11 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Three students -- Virginia Robinson, a business major, Celine Heckel-Jones, a civil engineering major, and Tyler Durham -- created a business plan for the company they hope to start with a test site in mid-January. It's called Memoria, and it's the winner of this year's E-Cup, a contest U.Va. hosts to honor entrepreneurs.
Chris Canty
Alumnus who was on the football team and defensive tackle for the New York Giants
Canty uses football platform for good of community
Richmond Times-Dispatch / Dec. 18
Judy S. DeLoache
Professor of psychology and co-author of the study, "Do Babies Learn From Baby Media?"
A kids ’n’ play rap
New York Post / Dec. 17
"Research shows that young children whose parents talk to them develop more words. ... Even better, everyday chores tend to be more rewarding educationally than anything you can pay for," DeLoache said.
Amato Evan
Professor of environmental sciences
How Now, Brown Cloud: What Smog Hath Wrought
Moderate Voice / Dec. 18
Amato Evan, lead author of the study and professor of environmental sciences, told the LA Times ...
Bob Gibson
Executive director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership
The simple, enduring joys of the holidays
Dec. 18 / Charlottesville Daily Progress
Richard C. Schragger
Law professor
Commentary: Lamenting the loss of The Tavern
Dec. 18 / Charlottesville Daily Progress
Another McDonnell priority, economic development, would gain more than $100 million. ... There’s $10 million to encourage a biosciences research consortium including the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Eastern Virginia Medical School, George Mason University and Virginia Tech that would team with companies and private foundations.
A Web site, developed in collaboration among researchers at the University of Virginia, Harvard University and University of Washington, allows visitors to examine and gain insight into their associations about mental health topics that may exist outside their conscious awareness or conscious control. Bethany Teachman, principal investigator and an associate professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, said these implicit beliefs can affect actions, such as how they view people with mental illnesses, including themselves.
In Virginia, they can consider top-ranked programs, including those at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, VCU, UR or the College of William and Mary.
Columnist Richard Sincere mentions a reference guide from the Miller Center about Theodore Roosevelt's presidency.
Renewable energy is already a component of the sixth grade curriculum at Henley, and University of Virginia students enrolled in professor Phoebe Crisman's Global Sustainability class have been teaching Henley students about these alternative technologies during the center's planning and construction phases.
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove, Commonwealth Professor of English, was recently given what may be the biggest honor -- and challenge -- of her career: sorting through poems from the last 100 years to create "The Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry." Jeffrey Brown and Dove discuss the task that took more than four years.
The project at Friendship Retirement Community is for students studying architecture at Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia to create a retirement community that can maintain a reasonable price with little or no rate increases, while adapting to the physical needs of aging residents.
ABC News and the Miller Center of the University of Virginia present the first in a series of discussions on political issues.
Stephen Clarkson
Law School alumnus
Rye resident writes biography
Dec. 16 / Seacoastonline.com (Maine)
Stephen Clarkson of Rye has recently completed the first-ever biography of another notable son of New Hampshire: "A Different Time, A Different Man: The Story of John L. Sullivan." He previously published an historical novel titled "Patriot's Reward," a story about a slave owned by Clarkson's ancestors, who fights in the American Revolution.
William Fuller
Ph.D. in English, 1983
Review: Cold Gem
November-December / Boston Review
The article reviews Fuller's book of p...